Following The Star is a compelling ten-year journey through the highs and lows in the life of a racing fan entwined with the exploits of Kauto Star, one of National Hunt Racing’s stars who was... More > compared to the great Arkle. Andrew Walker’s book, Following the Star, is a rollercoaster of emotion with Kauto Star as the central figure. This book will appeal to racing supporter, sports fan and general public alike, since it paints a delightful picture of almost a decade of life-changing experiences: children being born, moving house, the 2012 Olympic Games – and the ups and downs on the racecourse that come from following a racing legend.< Less

Alec Hammond is the country’s leading jump jockey, popula amongst his peers and adored by the betting public. He has won everything except the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the blue riband of... More > steeplechasing. He finally has a horse capable of filling the gap in his glittering CV...
Nicola James ran away from home at the age of sixteen and drifted into the world of adult movies, where, under the name Susie Stone, she becomes one of industry’s biggest stars. Posing as her agent’s PA, she meets Alec at a corporate entertainment day at Sandown and against her better judgement, falls in love with him but cannot reveal her past...
Frank Morris is a bent bookmaker who established his business by bribing jockeys to ensure that their mounts did not win. In debt to the type of people who do not resort to the courts, he reverts to his old ways and hatches a plot to stop Alec’s mount from winning the Gold Cup...
Murder, blackmail and kidnap follow, culminating in a dramatic climax on Gold Cup day...< Less

Following The Star is a compelling ten-year journey through the highs and lows in the life of a racing fan entwined with the exploits of Kauto Star, one of National Hunt Racing’s stars who was... More > compared to the great Arkle. Andrew Walker’s book, Following the Star, is a rollercoaster of emotion with Kauto Star as the central figure. This book will appeal to racing supporter, sports fan and general public alike, since it paints a delightful picture of almost a decade of life-changing experiences: children being born, moving house, the 2012 Olympic Games – and the ups and downs on the racecourse that come from following a racing legend. Andrew Walker was born in 1956. He is married to Fiona and has two sons, Sean and Nicholas and lives in North Devon. His passion for National Hunt Racing stems from his Irish background and he is a frequent visitor to Cheltenham, Wincanton and Exeter. Andrew is also a keen sports fan and a former racing cyclist, now a National Official.< Less

Following The Star is a compelling ten-year journey through the highs and lows in the life of a racing fan entwined with the exploits of Kauto Star, one of National Hunt Racing’s stars who was... More > compared to the great Arkle.
Andrew Walker’s book, Following the Star, is a rollercoaster of emotion with Kauto Star as the central figure. This book will appeal to racing supporter, sports fan and general public alike, since it paints a delightful picture of almost a decade of life-changing experiences: children being born, moving house, the 2012 Olympic Games – and the ups and downs on the racecourse that come from following a racing legend.
Andrew Walker was born in 1956. He is married to Fiona and has two sons, Sean and Nicholas and lives in North Devon. His passion for National Hunt Racing stems from his Irish background and he is a frequent visitor to Cheltenham, Wincanton and Exeter. Andrew is also a keen sports fan and a former racing cyclist, now a National Official.< Less

The Whispering Pegasus is for all lovers of horse racing and people who would go to any lengths to get their hands on National Hunt’s probable, greatest ever steeplechasing horse.
Ex Para and... More > SAS man, John Brennan, owes his brother a favour to safeguard the horse and the blade’s training is tested to the full!
Watch out for this brilliant horse in steeplechasing’s illustrious races like the Cheltenham Gold Cup, King George VI Chase, Irish Grand National and Aintree’s Grand National.
Would the horse be kept safe long enough to be ranked alongside the greats like Arkle, Red Rum, L’ Escargot, Desert Orchid and Kauto Star? True legends.< Less

The Whispering Pegasus is for all lovers of horse racing and people who would go to any lengths to get their hands on National Hunt’s probable, greatest ever steeplechasing horse.
Ex Para and... More > SAS man, John Brennan, owes his brother a favour to safeguard the horse and the blade’s training is tested to the full!
Watch out for this brilliant horse in steeplechasing’s illustrious races like the Cheltenham Gold Cup, King George VI Chase, Irish Grand National and Aintree’s Grand National.
Would the horse be kept safe long enough to be ranked alongside the greats like Arkle, Red Rum, L’ Escargot, Desert Orchid and Kauto Star? True legends.< Less

MAKING THE RUNNING
(ASPEN VALLEY SERIES, BOOK 4)
On the surface of things, life for stable lass, Kate Creswell, looks rosy. Wealthy boyfriend, Nicholas, is a text-book example of the perfect... More > partner, and her ambition to lead up at Cheltenham Festival is set to come true with her favourite horse, d'Artagnan.
But dig a little deeper and thing aren’t quite so blissful. There’s the small task of keeping her mother's alcoholism a secret from Nicholas's well-to-do family. What about Nicholas’s dislike of d’Artagnan’s jockey, Ben de Jager? Could there be something more sinister to Ben's ability to be a good loser, and could their Gold Cup bid be in jeopardy?
A lot of things can change between flag fall and finish line. Nothing is a certainty. Not in life, not in racing, and not in love.< Less

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